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|mdlsjtxt=[[γίγνομαι]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of the persons in a [[family]].<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[race]], [[stock]], [[family]], Hom., etc.; Πριάμου γ. Il.; ἐκ γενεῆς according to his [[family]], Il.; γενεῆι by [[birth]]-[[right]], Od.; γενεὴν [[Αἰτωλός]] by [[descent]], Il.:—of horses, a [[breed]], Il.:—[[generally]], γενεήν in [[kind]], Hdt.:—also a [[tribe]], [[nation]], Περσῶν γ. Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[race]], [[generation]], οἵηπερ φύλλων γενεὴ τοιήδε καὶ [[ἀνδρῶν]] Il.; δύο γενεαὶ ἀνθρώπων Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[offspring]], Orac. ap. Hdt.; and of a [[single]] [[person]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of [[time]] or [[place]] in [[reference]] to [[birth]]:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> a [[birth]]-[[place]], γενεὴ ἐπὶ λίμνηι Γυγαίηι Il.; of an [[eagle]]'s eyrie, Od.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> age, [[time]] of [[life]], esp. in phrases γενεῆι [[νεώτατος]], πρεσβύτατος youngest, [[eldest]], in age, or by [[birth]], Hom.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[time]] of [[birth]], ἐκ γενεῆς Hdt.; ἀπὸ γ. Xen.